NAB and CTIA Clash Over FM Radio Proposal

If they want radios in cell phones then damn it, write a check. That's how capitalism works.

Let's add AM, HD radio, CB, shortwave, TV audio and what ever else we can name.

Oh wait, AM has talk radio. That is anti big government and individual rights. Can't have that!

I'm going to develop a new sandwich, patent the recipe and call it the Justfinesandwich.

I'm goint to make it with all kinds of ingredients I consider awesome and market it to every restaurant in the country.

Some restaurants are going to buy the recipe for it and put it on their menu because they, like me, like it a lot and they believe customers will buy the sandwich.

Other restaurants will NOT purchase the recipe, because they don't care to pay for it and believe what they have is better anyway.

For the second group of restaurants, who don't want my sandwich, I am going to go to the FDA and to congress and with a petition requesting them to FORCE all restaurants to put my sandwich on their menu AND pay me for the recipe re...
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Seems to me that if you can use the radio to listen to music and news, you wouldn't be spending as much on MB charges, downloading music and using your browser to lookup news

yeah right..coming from the same people who would only buy the phone if it is free or in BOGO...lol 🙄

The NAB's poll, which was conducted by Harris Interactive, demonstrated that 76% of respondents would be willing to pay 30 additional cents for their cell phone if it included an FM radio. Beyond that, 66% of respondents said they would listen to an FM radio on their cell phone if it was so-equipped, with access to local weather being the top draw.

10% of the people polled are willing to pay for something they won't use? 🙄 Try again, NAB. I side with the cellphone manufacturers on this one.

if you ask a customer if they want a phone that does everything it does now and THEN something additional, most people will say yes. It's like those polls that claim that 50% of verizon customers would get an iphone if it was on big red. a good chunk would be expecting they could get it without data, or as a bogo, or for "free" and once they find out they can't, continue using their basic flip phones.

The problem with pretty much ANY fm radio on a phone is that they suck. They're notoriously weak signals, and you need to be wearing headphones to use them. If the NAB really wanted companies to pick up the FM radios, they would partner with Samsung/HTC/Motorola someone to develop a high quality radio for the device, and then market the ...
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